Every new year is a time for new resolutions, which we make with determination - and often break not long after.
My big one I make every year - to stop smoking lasts until the last cigarette in a packet, and justify by saying it's my 1 true vice, as I don't drink alcohol. Lame excuse isn't it?
Another resolution is to finally finish our renovations.
I also plan to experiment with my computer and learn some of it's tricks, then tackle the [to me ] cell phone mysteries.

One I will keep is to plant more fruit and veg to share with my neighbours.

My wishes are that the politicians would cease their endless personal bickering, and get down to thrashing out some policies, as they are paid to do.
My wish every year is for more peace in this world - never give up on that one.

Dear worldwatcher,

Amongst my wishes for this coming New Year is to
be more understanding, patient, and compassionate
with family and friends (including my mum who
suffers from dementia and with whom I've recently
had a bit of an upset).

I guess we all have the
tendency to moralise, to say endless things about
other people and how they should clean up their
acts. However I'm beginning to learn that what I need
do is work on myself.

Apart from that, my other resolution is to maintain a
healthy diet and exercise program and spend more time
with my family and grandchildren. Time flies so
quickly and they grow so fast.

Lexi,

Yes time goes so fast as you said.

Sorry to hear about your Mum, but try and resolve your upset with her, and be grateful you still have her a while longer.

Can't begin to express the sense of loss when a mother dies. In my Mum's mind I was still just a kid right to the end. So many things about which to ask her it's now too late.

My father had dementia, and could be very trying at times. That's when I had to think back, remember what a wonderful father he'd been, and realise the disease had changed him through no fault of his own.

As for the healthy diet and exercise programme, I suspect many of make this one. From what I see on the streets these days, not many follow through on it.

Yes time is going fast. That's why my revolution is to spend more time driving my car, before I get too damn old to do so.

Looking at my records I found I had only done 1100Km in my special old car all year. Well that is going to stop.

From now on I'm going to produce my share of CO2 plant fertilizer, & enjoy all the work that has gone into the old girl.

Might be down your way some time Lexi, I have decided to take a trip around some of the places I last saw over 50 years ago.

The kids can come & look after all the discarded animals they have left with me, for a little while.

Better finish now, & go start the dam pump. Have to put water in the tank that fills their old horses water troughs.

But most of all I'm going to continue to enjoy life, & hope you all do too.

Come to think of it, I might just settle for a resolution, rather than a revolution. Surprising how much difference one little typo can make.

Dear worldwatcher,

Thank You for the advice regarding dementia.
It is very difficult but as you point out -
I am lucky to still have her with us.

Dear Hasbeen,

I know that you'll enjoy your trip. You've got
such a zest for life. You're an inspiration!
All the Best to you and yours for the New Year.
Take care.